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Liz Gómez (they,she) began drawing
portraits professionally at age 17 in
theme parks around the U.S before
relocating to Chicago to attain a BFA
from the School of the Art Institute of
Chicago in 2014. In 2018, Liz decided
to combine their passion for
portraiture with their work in
humanitarianism to create The Divine
Gratitude Portrait Movement, a
traveling documentary series
designed to give thanks and bring
visibility to individuals whose stories
show the healing powers of holding
space for others. The individuals
selected disrupt the cycles of fear and
division in their communities and pave
the way for a joyous and equitable
future.
Liz Gómez has completed artist
residencies with The Hunter Radcliffe
Artist Residency program and the
Chicago Artist Coalition, Field/Work
Residency program.
A black-and-white portrait of Liz Gómez posing outside wearing a tye-dye dress with matching headwrap with
fabric draped over her shoulders blowing behind her
In 2021, Liz Gómez was invited by
University of the Basque Country located
in Bermeo, Spain as a traveling artist and
educator. Gómez intends to research
visual and communication practices in the
Basque territory, given their interest in and
work around the historical representation
of lesser-seen or represented cultures like
Black or Indigenous people’s.
In addition to The Honeycomb Network,
Liz Gómez’s work has been showcased at
Rootwork Gallery, Chicago, IL; Stony
Island Arts Bank; Nobel Peace Prize
Forum, Minneapolis MN, ACM CHI
Conference on Human Factors in
Computing Systems Montreal, CA;
Phantom Gallery; William Hill Gallery,
Chicago Cultural Center; The Museum of
Science and Industry; Radcliffe Hunter
International Gallery, Chicago, IL; Aplomb
Gallery, Chicago, IL; The Gene Siskel Film
Center; and Evanston Art Center 22nd,
Chicago IL.
Liz participated as the Emerging Artist for
our Spirituality Art Talk.
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